Remember that commerical for this store called Ideal. It sang "If you got a passion for fashion and you got a craving for savings...Well, a friend reminded that the same commerical would say. "Its not a Quonset Hut. I laughed so hard but asked what the HELL is a Quonset Hut.
Read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quonset_hut
Here is a photo of one. I guess we were still in a post WW2 mode.